"... durable powers of attorney for health care..."

We have that, as did my parents before they died. One thing that we learned, a "DNR" is not always what you wanted it to be. With one of my parents, the hospital would not accept anything along those lines that was not prepared on THEIR forms. The fact that we had DNR's that were prepared by an attorney, and witnessed by several people, one hospital would not accept it at all...